01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Matthew James Collins' Allegory: Persephone, with footnotes #125

Matthew James Collins

Detail; Allegory: Persephone, c. 2012

Oil on linen

39 2/5 × 23 3/5 in, 100 × 60 cm

Private collection

Matthew James Collins

Allegory: Persephone, c. 2012

Oil on linen

39 2/5 × 23 3/5 in, 100 × 60 cm

Private collection

Persephone (aka Kore) was the Greek goddess of vegetation, especially grain, and the wife of Hades, with whom she rules the Underworld. An important element of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Thesmophoria festival, the goddess was worshipped throughout the Greek world and frequently appeared in all forms of Greek art. More on Persephone

Matthew James Collins was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1970. Nurtured in an artistic family, his enthusiasm for art was encouraged from the earliest age. By his early teens, his study of drawing had already begun under the tutelage of his father, James Edward Collins, an award-winning architect.

For over 20 years, Matthew has been living in Italy studying and researching the classical techniques painting and sculpture.  He shares his acquired knowledge through his teaching studio in Florence, Italy.

An artist of unusually wide breadth, his oil paintings, frescos and sculptures reveal a rigorous study of the masterworks of the past and a deep observation of nature.  Not limited to a single genre his oeuvre includes portraiture, landscape, decoration and figurative subjects.

Matthew divides his time between Italy and Chicago. He exhibits internationally and his works represented in public and private collections throughout the United States and Europe. More on Matthew James Collins

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